document.write( "<A HREF=/cgi-bin/jump-to-question.mpl?question=1049367>Question 1049367</A>: <I><SPAN STYLE=\"word-break: break-all;\"> The length of a rectangle is 5 less than twice its width. The perimeter is 26 meters. Find the dimensions of the rectangle. </SPAN>\n" );
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document.write( "The length of a rectangle is 5 less than twice its width. The perimeter is 26 meters. Find the dimensions of the rectangle.<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "Let W = width.\r\n" );
document.write( "Then the length is 2W-5.\r\n" );
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document.write( "The perimeter equation is\r\n" );
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document.write( "W + (2W-5) + W + (2W-5) = 26,  or\r\n" );
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document.write( "6W - 10 = 26,  or\r\n" );
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document.write( "6W = 36.\r\n" );
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document.write( "From this point please complete the solution on your own.\r\n" );
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document.write( "I noticed that this problem is the third today of the same type of problems.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "In the lesson \r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "there are many solved problems of this type.\r<BR>\n" );
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document.write( "They are good samples for you.<BR>\n" );
document.write( "Read the lesson and become a trained person in solving such problems.\r<BR>\n" );
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